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by ankurdhama 819 days ago
Yup and looks like SSD upgrade from 256 to 512 is just $100.
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With the Ultra 5 and 32GB of RAM, the upgrade from 256 to 512 is $200.
I paid 30 € for a 512GB SSD.
Are SSD’s fungible? I thought there were varying qualities.
They aren't fungible, but even for a high-end 512GB SSD, $200 is rip-off pricing. In fact, a top-end SSD range won't even offer 512 sizes because aside from not really being worth it, transfer-rate performance is lower with smaller chips.
> transfer-rate performance is lower with smaller chips.

Transfer speed is lower with fewer chips, and older less-dense flash memory doesn't stay in production forever, and is more expensive per GB.

They are not fungible.

Read/write speed, durability, and power efficiency are all variable.